Hat-pin-point protector.



J. W. BAXTER & R. DAVIS.

HAT PIN POINT PROTECTOR.

APPLIOATIQN FILLED MAR.19, 1912.

1,063,765. Patented June 3, 1 913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedJune 3, 1913.

Application filed March 19, 1912. Serial No. 684,840,

To all whom/2'15 may concern Be it known that we, (1) JOHN W. BAX- TERand (2) RICHARD DAVIS, citizens of the United States of America,residing at (1) VVellsville and (2) St. Marys, in the countics of (1)Columbiana and (2) Elk, and States of (1) Ohio and (2) Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin-PointProtectors, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a hatpin pointprotector, and our inventionaims to provide a device that can be mounted upon the pointed end of apin to serve as a lock, also to serve as a guard for preventing personsfrom being injured that contact with the pin.

Our invention further aims to provide a device of the above type thatcan be used in connection with various kinds of pins, the device beingsimple in construction, durable and applicable to any desiredornamentation.

lVith the above and other objects in View, the invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to behereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a pin provided with the device, Fig. 2 is an enlargedlongitudinal sectional view of the device, Fig. 3 is an enlarged frontelevation of the same, and Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the pointedend of a pin.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a pin having one end thereof providedwith a head 2 and the opposite end pointed and provided with atransverse oblong opening or slot 3.

The reference numeral i denotes a tapering sleeve having the large outerend thereof provided with a head 5, said sleeve having a bore (3 formedtherein. extending from the inner end of the sleeve to a point inproximity to the head 5. The bore 6 has the end thereof flared, at at 7at the inner end of the sleeve 4, whereby said bore can easily receivethe pointed end of the pin 1. The sleeve 4 is provided with an opening 8in communication with the bore 6 and extending through said opening is amovable tooth 9 adapted to enter the slot 3 of the pointed end of thepin. The outer end of the tooth 9 is reduced to provide a screw threadedstem 10 that is provided with a button or knob 11.

Secured to the inner end of the sleeve 4 by screws 12 or other fasteningmeans is one end of a flat compression spring 13, the opposite end ofthe spring being apertured, as at 14 whereby it can be placed upon thescrew threaded stem 10, between the tooth 9 and the button or knob 11.This spring retains the tooth 9 normally in the slot 3 of the pin 1 orin the bore 6 of the sleeve 4, and as the device is placed upon thepointed end of the pin, the pointed end of the pin forces the tooth 9outwardly by reason of the end of the tooth being beveled, as at 15.Immediately upon the slot 3 registering with the opening 8, the spring13 forces the tooth 9 into the slot 3 and locks the device upon thepointed end of the pin.

It is thought that the operation and utility of the device will beapparent without further description, and while in the drawing there isillustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to beunderstood that the structural elements thereof are susceptible to suchchanges as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What we claim is The combination with a hat pin having its shank formedwith a rectangular slot in proximity to its pointed end, of a sleevehaving its outer end provided with a head and further formedintermediate its ends with a rectangular opening of less length than thelength of the slot and communicating with the bore of the sleeve, a flattooth having a beveled end, said tooth of less width than the length ofsaid slot and extending through said opening and adapted to have itsinner end engaging in said slot for maintaining the pin coupled to thesleeve, an outwardly curved leaf spring having its inner end detachablysecured tothe inner end of the periphery of the sleeve, said spring of alength as to project beyond said opening, a cylindrical threaded steinprojecting outwardly from said tooth and extending through the free endof said spring, and a button secured upon said stein for detachablycoupling the tooth to the spring.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

J. W. BAXTER. Witnesses W'M. JAMES, HARRY BROKAW.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

RICl-IAlt-D DAVIS. Vitnesses J. H. THOMPSON, D. J. D. HALL.

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